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Exhibition of Masks
Lee Michael Walczuk and his students present an Exhibition of Masks at the Mauka Gallery of the East Hawai'i Cultural Center in Hilo, Hawai'i. An Art Van-Go Hilo Production...............
Cultures have used masks to express their response to life. The earliest known allusion to masks was found in a cave in Southern France and it appears to be 20,000 years old. It depicts a man wearing the skin and antlers of a deer. Believing the world to be ruled by spirits or supernatural beings, many cultures devised masks to be worn ceremonially for the purpose of appeasing and communicating with these forces. the materials for making these masks were drawn from the natural environment in each culture. Masks as an art form are a recent evolution. Lee Michael studied with Donato Sartori in Padua, Italia in 1989. Amletto Sartori is credited with the re-creation of the modern mask Master mask-maker and popular teacher Lee Michael Walczuk has been teaching a class: 'The Magicians of Masks,' at the East Hawai'i Cultural Center using a variety of available materials. EHCC has staged Lee Michael's magical choreographies using these masks in addition to masks from his collectiuon. Utilizing his talented family members and the audience as actors,Lee Michael has held attendees spellbound. EHCC has also sponsored some of the Walczuk Animation Theatre's creative performances in rural schools and libraries where he has delighted children of all ages. February 2-23, 2007...mask expo 808-961-5711 The East Hawai'i Cultural Center 141 Kalakaua Street Hilo, Hawai'i http://www.ehcc.org/ |
